Social Economic Status And School Dropout Of Girls In Selected Secondary Schools In Arapi Sub County Soroti District

ABSTRACT This study aimed at establishing the social-economic status and school dropouts of girls in secondary education. The study was conducted from five selected secondary schools in Arapai Sub County in Soroti district. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design on which both qualitative and quantitative methods were used. The study consisted of ninety respondents, composed of five head teachers, twenty- five teachers’ fifty students and ten parents. The study used self- administered questionnaire and an interview guide as the data collection instruments. A review of the releva…